If He only founded one Church would you think He had a particular reason in mind?
Yes - He wants you to be part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church that He founded for this very reason. Do the other religions bear the four marks?
If the Christian deity truly cares which specific denomination a person belongs to, that would really reflect very poorly on him, in my view.
How do all the synagogues make sure that the Torah is interpreted correctly? Do they differ?
Protestants don’t have Apostolic succession, so they don’t hold valid Holy Orders and so can’t perform the sacrament of the Eucharist. Wouldn’t that mean they are less observant in following what Jesus commanded the Apostles pass on, through Oral and Written Tradition? Just a thought…
Orthodox Jews all have one understanding in general (on the major issues), and the others tend to interpret it based on majority vote/beliefs of their denomination.
yes or he would not have bothered to found a Church at all, as Jesus did, and that Church subsists today in its fullness as the Catholic Church. Yes, God loves his children and wants them to have the completeness of his gift to them, not just a partial experience of that gift, his Son.
I agree completely, and that applies to both Christianity and Judaism!
What you describe is much like the Protestants. Different understandings of the same verse in Scripture.
True Christian charity demands fraternal correction.
A comparison you might be able to relate to:
Catholic teaching doesn’t tell us to leave anyone on the side of the road…that’s why we seek to make the Word of God universal. There may be individuals who treat non-Catholics like second class citizens, but that’s not what Catholicism aspires to for pete’s sake. That’s why everyone rejoices on this site when someone says they have “Come Home.”I agree completely, and that applies to both Christianity and Judaism!
The Christians here might want to re-read the parable of the good Samaritan which Jesus told.
In ancient times, the Samaritans were a very despised group. They had originally been Jews, but turned to heresy and were kicked out. The turned against the Jewish people, and in the days when the priests would go out to look for the New Moon and then send up smoke signals to let Jews all over the Holy Land know they saw the New Moon, the Samaritans would send up fake smoke signals to confuse them. And so, Jews and Samaritans were bitter enemies.
Jesus told the story of the man who was injured, by the side of the road…a Cohain (priest) went by, and kept walking. So did the Levite (those who helped in the Temple and played the musical instruments.) Only the hated Samaritan stopped to help the injured man.
You could compare the Cohain and the Levite with people who today, would be respected members of whichever church you think is “the true one”. The Samaritan could be compared with someone who belongs to a denomination you feel is wrong, or false…like, say, Protestants (esp. since they, like the Samaritans, used to be part of the “true church” and became “heretical”…)
KWIM?
AAhhh! I see. Do you have something like our Magisterium?
Yes, especially in European countries. Remember that the Christian church arose as an offshoot of Judaism, so it is natural that you would have copied many things from our religion.